Dcf In Thailand

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Interesting development that I have not seen posted here on the filing I-130 pettiton directly to the USCIS office in Bangkok (thanks to Jeff on the TFB).

TH

All,

Here's something interesting from the USCIS District Office in Bangkok. We know that true 'DCF' has been halted at the consulates as of 26 January due to the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act. It appears that I-130 also cannot be submitted to the USCIS' international field offices, either, due to the fact that these offices use the consulates to collect the filing fee! At least that's the way is seems to be in Bangkok.

"At this time, however, USCIS offices overseas does not have procedures in

place to accept new filings of I-130 petitions for Alien relatives. The

department of state will not accept fees for any I-130 petitions for alien

relatives, and we do not have the ability to independantly receive fees in our

overseas offices. As such, we cannot accept any I-130 petition for Alien

relative filing at the Bangkok District office of USCIS or any other USCIS

office overseas. Please check our website in the upcoming week for further

guidance as to approved filing procedures: www.uscis.gov We expect guidance to

be forthcoming shortly."

A few days ago the USCIS had put up a notice on their web site saying that I-130 could now be filed only with the Service Centers in the USA, but they took it off within a day or so, leaving open the possibility that the international offices could still accept and process I-130.

Regards, JEff